Type 2 Diabetes Self-management Intervention for Low-income Women

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Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which a culturally appropriate, self-management intervention that combines patient education with a patient outreach liaison strategy improves outcomes associated with type-2 diabetes among low-income diabetic women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01284465

Run by

Meharry Medical College

People needed

56

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Low-income women ages 21 and older; With type 2 diabetes ( fasting plasma glucose > 126 mg/dl);
• At risk of developing diabetes related complications (treatments goals from The American Diabetes Association Standards of medical care) as defined by:
• HbA1c >8.0 %
• Any of the metabolic clusters such as Pre-prandial plasma glucose > 130 mg/dl; Obesity (BMI >25 kg/m2, or waist circumference >88 cm (>35 in); Hypertension (Systolic >130 and Diastolic > 80 mmHg); Hyperlipidemia (Triglycerides >150 mg/dL; HDL<50 mg/dL; LDL >100 mg/dL)

You may not qualify if…

• Participants will be excluded if they are currently pregnant, have conditions (i.e., end stage diagnosis) or behaviors likely to affect conduct of the trial, and unwilling to accept treatment assignment by randomization.

Where it is running

• Meharry medical College — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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